Watering jug for hanging plants

Abstract

A watering jug reliably delivers water to a hanging plant, or the like. A manually operable pump sits atop an intake tube; a valve positioned at a juncture between the intake tube and a discharge tube controls the redirecting of the measured amount of water to the distal end of the discharge tube. An optional sprinkling head may be used. A second embodiment features an extension sleeve which measures out a desired amount of water to the plant.

1. A watering jug for dispensing a measured amount of water to hanging plants, said jug comprising
 a) a container for receiving a quantity of water to be dispensed; 
 b) a lid securable to a top portion of said container; 
 c) an intake tube extending through said lid; 
 d) a manually operable pump sitting atop said intake tube, said pump drawing a measured amount of water into said intake tube; 
 e) a discharge tube forming a juncture with, and extending outwardly from, said intake tube at a point beneath said pump; 
 f) a valve in said intake tube at said juncture allowing said pump to draw said measured amount of water from said container through said intake tube and redirect it into said discharge tube; 
 g) an elongated delivery tube extending from said discharge tube a distance exceeding a height of said container; 
 
       whereby said watering jug enables a person to deliver a measured amount of water conveniently and reliably to a hanging plant positioned several feet above her/his head
 h) an extension sleeve formed over an end of said intake tube, said extension sleeve being movable between a plurality of distinctly defined fixed positions; 
 i) an adjustment handle attached to said extension sleeve, said adjustment handle having a plurality of teeth formed along at least one side thereof and extending through said lid, said plurality of teeth defining said plurality of distinctly defined fixed positions, a distance between a pair of said plurality of teeth defining a quantity of water which can be extracted from said container and delivered from said end of said delivery tube. 
 
     
     
       2. The watering jug of  claim 1  further comprising a distal end of said elongated delivery tube having a curved portion to render its discharge opening downwardly directed. 
     
     
       3. The watering jug of  claim 2  further comprising a sprinkling head affixed to said downwardly directed distal end. 
     
     
       4. The watering jug of  claim 1  further comprising a rigid brace extending upwardly from said lid, underlying a significant portion of a length of said delivery tube, and being clipped in a plurality of places to said delivery tube to maintain said delivery tube in an upwardly angled position. 
     
     
       5. The watering jug of  claim 1  wherein said lid has an opening in a rear portion thereof to permit filling of said jug without removing said lid.